As many as 20,000 children aged between 0 and 2 across the city are either partially vaccinated or have not been immunised at all, as per a BMC survey conducted after September 27. The number came to the fore at a time when the city is reeling under measles outbreaks. The BMC is focussing on immunising children. The civic chief said that he would get in touch with government officials from Jharkhand, which is facing measles outbreaks, too.

On November 7, mid-day reported the deaths of three children from Rafi Nagar slum in Govandi on October 26 and 27. After this, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation started an investigation and learnt that the three children might have had contracted measles along with malnutrition. The civic body swung into action and started screening children in the area and reported more cases of measles, signalling an outbreak.